Who is the domestic terrorist?

DALLAS (ABP) — The board of the nation's only independent news service for Baptists honored two leaders of Baptist communications and a Dallas congregation for their contributions to the cause of Christian journalism April 27. Meeting in Dallas, directors of…

BLUEFIELD, Va. (ABP) — David Olive will be the next president of Bluefield College, the Virginia Baptist school announced April 21. Olive, who currently is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, N.C., will be…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — After a 10-year struggle, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs has approved placing a symbol of the Wicca faith on the grave markers of Wiccan soldiers buried in government cemeteries. The decision is the result of a…

WASHINGTON (ABP) — In the first fallout from a controversial recent ruling on abortion rights, the Supreme Court on April 23 returned two cases — dealing with Virginia and Missouri state laws on so-called “partial-birth” abortions — to lower federal…

GOP presidential race again features faith, but new dynamics Democratic presidential race features more faith than usual ABP compares faith-based positions of top-tier presidential hopefuls “Faith and the presidency”: How the leading candidates compare Will Huckabee's strong Iowa showing bring…

The grotesquely evil act that occurred this week at Virginia Tech challenges the imagination's capacity to respond. I cannot say that I have some kind of comprehensive analysis to offer. I would like to say a few things, though, from…

GAZA CITY, Palestine (ABP) — In the latest violence among warring Palestinian factions, a bomb severely damaged the Palestinian Bible Society building April 15 in Gaza City. The building, located in the city center, housed the Teacher's Bookshop, Gaza's only…

BELTON, Texas (ABP) — Police cars and fire engines lined the streets on the north side of the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor campus April 18. Paramedics carried students on stretchers and loaded them into ambulances. This time, it was just…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (ABP) — Two Baptist missionaries, after serving 15 years in Thailand, have been reassigned to work with thousands of Karen refugees in the United States and Thailand. The move is noteworthy because the United States recently changed a…

SELMER, Tenn. (ABP) — Mary Winkler, the wife of a slain Church of Christ pastor in Tennessee, was convicted April 19 of voluntary manslaughter, a lesser charge than the prosecution wanted. Winkler, 33, was charged in the 2006 slaying of…

BLACKSBURG, Va. (ABP) — Christian leaders have begun to respond to the April 16 tragedy at Virginia Tech with words of solace — while a few blame the tragedy on America's 'godlessness.' Most haven't attempted to explain the massacre, saying…

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — At least six of the 32 dead in the April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech had ties to Baptist churches in Virginia, say Baptist leaders who are monitoring emerging details of the deadly shooting. MSNBC has…